# DeskIcons

A tiny Windows utility (about 120 KB, no installer) that sends any window to the desktop as a draggable label, the way Windows 3.1 used to put minimized programs on the desktop.

## Using it

Run `DeskIcons.exe`. It lives in the system tray.

- **Send a window to the desktop:** hold Shift and click the window's minimize button, or press Ctrl+Alt+I while the window is active. The window leaves the taskbar and appears on the desktop as a label with its title.
- **Move it:** drag the label anywhere.
- **Bring it back:** double-click the label.
- **Right-click a label** to restore or close that window.

Tray menu options:

- Restore all windows
- Show program icons (off by default, text only)
- Keep icons on top of windows (off by default, labels sit at desktop level)
- Start with Windows
- Exit (brings every held window back)

If DeskIcons is closed unexpectedly, it remembers which windows it was holding and rebuilds their labels the next time it starts.

## Notes

- Windows from programs running as administrator can only be grabbed if DeskIcons also runs as administrator.
- The exe is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may warn the first time. Choose "More info" and then "Run anyway."

## Building

Plain Win32 C, no dependencies beyond the standard Windows DLLs.

```
sh build.sh
```

Requires MinGW-w64 (`x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc` and `windres`).